Repeating gun or fire-arm



(No Model.)

J. W. MULLINS.

REPBATING GUN OR FIRE ARM- Patnted Nov.

N. PETERS. Phcloiifllogmphur, wmin mn. 0.0.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WV. MULLINS, OF LONDON, KENTUCKY.

REPEATING euN OR FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,410, dated November15, 1887. Application filed July 28, 1887. Serial No. 245,548. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. MULLINs, a citizen of the United States,residing at London, in the county of Laurel, State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Repeating Guns or Fire-Arms, of which the following is a'specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in magazine fire-arms; andamong the objects of the invention are to reduce the number of parts,simplify the construction, and thus lighten the weight of the gun andreduce the cost of its manufacture, and-render the same less liable toget out of order.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will. be particularly pointed out in theclaims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a magazinefirearm constructed in accordance 'withmy invention. Fig. 2 is asubstantially central longitudinal section of the same, the stock andbarrel being broken away, and the parts beingin position assumed when inthe act of elevating a cartridge to the breech. Fig. 3 is a similarview, the parts being shown in the position assumed after thecartridge'has been placed in the breech and the piece ready for firing.Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the first two being in perspective and the latter insection show details hereinafter referred to.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawings. 1

In the drawings, A represents the barrel, B the magazine, 0 thelock-plate, and D the stock, all of which are of ordinary construction.

E and E represent the hammer and trigger, respectively, the lattertaking into the.dog of the former, and being actuated by the usualspring. A bolt, F, is passed through the lock-chamber F, said bolt beingprovided with screw-threads at one end for connection withthedock-plate, and formed with a bearing intermediate its ends.

G represents the operating-lever, which comprises the guards G at itsrear end, and theboss of hub G, having the perforation G extendingentirely through the same. The lever G is mounted and freely swings uponthe bolt F, said bolt passing through the aperture G The thickness ofthe lever is such as to loosely fit the lock-chamber, and in this waythelever G has a bearing along the entire bearing-surface of the bolt and.at each side of the chamber, by which construction the life of the gunis increased, the parts being less liable to become loose on said bolt.The forward end of the lever G is formed with the finger G the shouldersG G, and the intermediate recess, G all as shown in Fig. 4.

H represents the firing-bolt, which is mounted in the usual breech-borein line with the barrel and provided with the ordinary firingpin, H. Anyshell-extractor may be mounted on the firing-bolt H; but in thisinstance I,

have provided a fiat spring-latch, H seated in a longitudinal groove andprovided with a latch end, H adapted to pass within a notch, A, in thebarrel, and over the rim of the shell (see Fig. 3,) the operation ofsaid extractor being hereinafter described.

Upon the under side of the bolt H is formed the shoulders H H H and theintermediate recesses, H H by which shoulders and recesses and those onthe lever the bolt is reciprocated in theact of loading and extractingthe shell.

Surrounding the boss G on the lever G is formed an annular recess, G,into which and looselyfitting the boss is seated an annular ring, J,said ring being of such a thickness as to bring the same flush with thesurface of the lever. Integral with the ring J and projecting therefromis a bifurcated arm, J, the lower bifurcation being formed as aspring-finger, J and the upper bifurcation being formed as acartridge-hoist, J the end of which is grooved and bent, as at J for apurpose hereinafter described. A lug, J, projects upwardly from the rearend of the hoisting-finger J 3 and sup,-

ports the front end of the bolt in a horizontal position when the sameis withdrawn for the purpose of ejecting and loading.

This being the construction, the operation is as follows: The magazinebeing filled in the .usual manner, and supposing the piece to have beendischarged, I will proceed to describe the operation of withdrawing theshell,ejecting the same, and loading the piece. The lever G is graspedby the guard and swung down and forward, and in the act of so doing theshoulder Gr first comes in contact with the shoulder H of the bolt H anddraws said bolt to the rear. At the same time that this takes place thecurve Gr in the front end of the lever and in the rear of the shoulderGr comes in contact with and rides upon a rounded protuberance, E formedon the front of the hammer E, and slightly raises the latter, whichraising thereof is caused by the shoulder G coming in contact after itpasses by the shoulder on the bolt, and in this manner is the hammerbrought to a full-cock. Now as the shoulder G passes the shoulder H ofthe bolt the finger G* of said hammer comes in contact with the shoulderH and completes the backward reciprocation of the bolt, the firing-pinof which comes in contact with the face of the hammer just before itreaches full-cock. As the lever is swung downward, the end of the guardformed by the annular recess Gr comes in contact with the under side ofthe arm J-this, however, not until the operation just described hastaken place, leaving the bolt in the position shown in Fig. 2. As theguard comes down, the bifurcated arm J is raised from its lowestposition (in which the hoist J is in a horizontal line with the magazine13, and from which it has received a cartridge) to a point in which thehoist is in a line with the barrel. As the boltH is thrown back it ofcourse extracts the empty shell from the barrel and carries it to therear and in a line with the opening F in the top of thelock-chamber,-and the firingpin coming in contact with the face of thehanimerjust before it reaches full-cock forces the shell slightly to thefront. At this juncture the lug J* on the hoist J is brought in contactwith the rear end of the shell and produces a farther upward tilt of thesame, at which time the new cartridge comes in contact with the underside of the shell. The latter is forced out of the opening F By swingingthe lever G to the rear, in which position it is locked-in this instanceby means of a springscrew, 1), seated in the stock, taking into arecess, G, by the rear end of the lever-the operation just described isreversed, the bolt H first being forced to the front by means of thefinger G and shoulder G acting against the shoulders H H and by thisforward movement of the bolt the cartridge is firmly held pressed intothe breech of the barrel. At the time the cartridge is partly entered inthe barrel and the bolt is completing the operation the front face ofthe shoulder I I comes in contact with the lug J, and the bifurcated armis thus forced down to its lowest position to receive a new cartridgefrom the magazine. The hammer having been left at a full cock, the piecemay be discharged or let down to a safety-cock.

By the operation described the piece may be discharged and the shellextracted and ejected, the hammer cooked, and the piece reloaded all byoperation by the lever G.

It will be noticed that when the hoist is elevated to the barrel, and bythe time that the curved end J 5 leaves the magazine, the springarni Jis raised to a line with said magazine and prevents the cartridge frombeing forced out by the spring until the hoist is returned empty.

o load the magazine the piece is turned over from the position shown indrawings and the lever G swung as if to load when the parts are inposition, as shown in Fig. 2. Now, by placing cartridges through theopening F in the under side of the lock-plate upon the spring'arin J andpressingthe same down said arm will be forced by the opening in themagazine and the cartridge may be inserted, This operation is repeateduntil the magazine has been filled.

Now, in order to prevent the wear of the bifurcated arm J against theinner surface of the locking-chamber, and also to provide sufficientfriction between those parts to maintain the former in an elevatedposition in the act of loading to overcome the momentum by reason ofsudden movements of the lever, I insert a cork, K, between the two armsJ J, which has contact at each side of the chamber F,

If desired, other suitable yielding devices may be substituted for thecork-as, for 111' stance, as shown in Fig. 6, two friction-caps, K, ofmetal may be joined by a light spring, K and inserted between said arms.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is-- 1. Ina magazine fire-arm, the combination of a firing-bolt and ahaminer witha lever pivoted in the lockingchamber and adapted to come in contactwith the firing-bolt to reciprocate the same longitudinally, and withthe hammer to raise said hammer when swung on its pivot, substantiallyas specified.

2. In a magazine firearm, the combination, with a lever formed withaboss perforated and surrounded by an annular groove, of a hoisting-armformed with an annular ring seated in said recess and adapted to beraised by the lever, substantially as specified.

3. In a magazine firearm, the combination, with a pivoted lever formedwith a perforated boss and surrounded by an annular recess, of abifurcated hoisting-arm provided with a ring seated in said recess andwith cartridgehoisting and magazine spring-closing arms, substantiallyas specified.

4. In a magazine fire-arm, the combination of a lever pivoted in thelock-plate thereof and having bearing entirely across the same andformed with shoulders at its forward end,with a firingbolt arrangedabove said lever and provided with shoulders and recesses adapted to beoperated and locked in a firing position by those on thelever,substantially as specified.

5. In a magazine firearm, the combination of a pivoted bifurcatedhoisting-arm, of a cork or equivalent inserted between saidbifurcations, and having frictional contact with the sides of thelockchambei', substantially as specified.

6. In a magazine fire-arm, a firing bolt and hammer, and anoperating-lever provided with ICC.

' cams or shoulders adapted to come into contact with cams on the boltand hammer, whereby the former is retracted, returned, and locked andthe latter cocked, substantially as 5 specified;

4 7. In a magazine fire arm, a firing-bolt and hammer provided with camsor shoulders, in combination with a lever pivoted and carrying a hoist,and provided with cams or shoulro ders adapted to come in contact withthose of the bolt and hammer, whereby when the same is swung forward thehammer is cocked, the

bolt retracted and the hoist elevated, and

when swung rearwardly the bolt is thrown for- [5 ward and thehoistlowered, theoperation taking place in the order named,substantially as specified.

8. The lever G, having boss G perforated as at G rounded by the annularrecess G in 20 combination with the arm .T, having the ring J seated insaid recess and formed with the curved hoisting-arms J and the resilientarms J substantially as specified.

9. In a magazine fire-arm, and in combination with the barrel andmagazine thereof, a 25 hoist-block having an integral spring-armarranged below the same and mounted in rear of said barrel and magazineto retain a cartridge within the magazine when the block is elevated andpermit the insertion of cartridges therein by compressing the saidspring-arm upwardly toward theblock, substantially as specified.

10. A hoist-block provided with a friction pad arranged to take bearingin the walls of 35 the lock-chamber, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN W. MULLINS.

Witnesses:

J. W. J ONES, M. O. WEBB.

